A Byrd has Flown the Coop

Roger McGuinn changed stuff. In 1967, he changed his name from Jim to Roger on the advice of an Indonesian guru. The dude thought Roger would vibrate better with the universe. As the driving force behind The Byrds, McGuinn also helped change pop music in the mid-´60s by bridging the divide between acoustic folk and the emerging electric rock sounds of the Beatles and Stones. With a band that included David Crosby, McGuinn played guitar and sang on classics like the proto-psychedelic Eight Miles High, as well as major covers of Dylans Mr. Tambourine Man and Pete Seegers biblically-inspired Turn! Turn! Turn!